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Climate Change in the American Mind: A critical topic for #Now
Originally Posted on November 16, 2016
In March, 2016, the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication issued this report.
Two key takeaways from the "Taking Action" section of the Report:
* Americans are most likely to say corporations and industry, and citizens themselves, should be doing more to address global warming
* Americans say schools should teach children about the causes, consequences, and potential solutions to global warming
Now, more than ever, right?
Amen to the "doing" and "teaching" recommended above
In the wake of the results of the recent elections in the US, The Earth Initiaive is rededicating our efforts to track efforts being made by
- States
- Cities
- Corporations
- Federal Government Agencies (voluntarily)
- Universities
- Farms
- Non Profits (either their own footprint - or though their Climate related initiatives)
- Hotels
- Apartment complexes
- Developers
- Individuals
... efforts to increase sustainability, decrease the worst of the impact of the Climate Change that we are now experiencing, and to honor and protect #OurAmazingWorld
Track yes, and also to provide a picture of the work already being done across these United States to comply with the Paris Accords; common sense projects with their own momentum, independent of the way the wind is blowing for American Federal Policy.
Stay tuned for more on our #AcrosstheUSAClimateAction
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